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To summon or kill a powerful Daemon or group of Daemons is an impressive feat and many Champions of Chaos will purposefully take on the challenge. Those that succeed are worthy of notice by the Chaos Gods. If the original challenger fails to kill the Daemon, then it is free in The Old World and will wreck havoc until defeated. In any case, both the Forces of Order and the Forces of Destruction have something to gain by defeating these Daemons.

Please note that the Live Event won't be active on PTS.Scenario Shakeup

The tide of battle continues to shift! A number of old scenarios are making their return, some are retiring for the moment, and others are shifting tiers.Realm versus Realm

Contested Cities

City populations have been lowered to 36v36.

Cities will now be limited to 3 active scenarios per contested cycle.

Scenarios

The loading screen for Gates of Ekrund will consistently display the correct images.

The loading screen for College of Corruption will consistently display the correct images.

Scenario Line-Up

The line-up of scenarios that are permanently available has changed. The new list is as follows:

The range of the Knight of the Blazing Sun ability, Shatter Confidence, has been reduced to 5 feet.

Many abilities classified as 'Crowd Control' have had their duration's standardized based on targeting, and if it's an Ability or a Morale. With only minor exceptions for abilities keyed off Career Mechanic Buildup, the following changes have been applied:

Knockdowns

2s - Knockdown, AoE Ability

3s - Knockdown, ST Ability or AoE Morale

4s - Knockdown, ST Morale

Staggers

3s - Stagger, AoE Ability

6s - Stagger, ST Ability or AoE Morale

9s - Stagger, ST Morale

Roots

5s - Root, Ability

10s - Root, Morale

These changes have been applied as part of the first phase of a Career Balance cycle. While we are not moving a "true mirror" system, we do feel there are some standards that should be in place with regards to these categories. As with this current CC update, abilities which scale based on Career Mechanic Buildup will always be treated as an exception, or at the very least, as a separate category to be to be given further consideration and extra scrutiny.

Quests

General Changes & Bug Fixes

Bloom of Hope: This Order-only quest can no longer be obtained by Destruction.

Public Quests

Rock of Galirian: Galirian Watchers in this PQ are no longer aggressive to Order players.

Plaguewood Thicket: Injured Warriors in this PQ are no longer aggressive to Order players.

Ruinous Powers: Raven Sorcerers in this PQ are no longer aggressive to Order players.

The Tome of Knowledge entries for the following Public Quest Stages will now unlock and display correctly:

Dark Elf Chapter 5: Rock of Galiran

Dark Elf Chapter 8: Monument of Narialle

Dark Elf Chapter 13: Whitemoon Manor

Dark Elf Chapter 20: The Phoenix Eye

Dark Elf Chapter 22: Last Stand

Greenskin Chapter 17: Reichert's Raiders

Greenskin Chapter 19: Ruins of Mingol Kurdak.

Tome of Knowledge

General Changes & Bug Fixes

Fire Seldom Dies Alone: The items necessary to unlock this entry can be obtained.

Refined Tastes: The chance for the item related to this entry to drop has been significantly increased.

Robbery: The monster associated with this entry is now the appropriate level for the zone it is in.

No Reflection of Your Skill: This entry has been moved to a more accessible location.

The Best Secrets Are Worth Dying For: The monster associated with this entry will now spawn in a more accessible location.

Mysterious Gateway: This Order-only entry can no longer be unlocked by Destruction.

The following Tome of Knowledge entries have been fixed so that they can be unlocked:

Where the Blood Flows

Avoid a Gory End

Simple Minds

Participate in Destroying Enemy Airship 10

Content

General Changes & Bug Fixes

Flamepicked Ghouls, when killed, will now grant credit as Ghouls, not Zombies.

Drakestorm Fireblades in Dark Elf Chapter 20 will no longer shout unintelligible words when being attacked.

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